1927 TED LEWIS PICTURE LABEL Theme Song IS EVERYBODY HAPPY NOW? COLUMBIA 1207-D

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A series of great  JAZZ Records from early Ragtime to Beb-Bop on 78 rpm Victrola Records
When Columbia lured Victor's top Bandleader, Paul Whiteman to join its ranks, Columbia rewarded him with his signature POTATOHEAD Whiteman Picture label. Now Ted Lewis had been Columbias recording star bandleader for over a decade. So he deserved equal treatment. With his trademark battered High Hat (Top Hat for the British : ), Ted Lewis got this exquisite silver backed picture label all for himself. Most issues are after the start of the depression, Lewis Trademark Picture labels are some rare finds. Ted lewis and his Band
Ted Lewis' slogan was "Is Everybody Happy?" and he composed a tune of that name - which strangely is not all that well-known. It isn't mentioned in Rust's Jazz discography but I think it definitely deserves to be in it. Although there is much singing from Lewis and the only solo is also by Lewis playing in his typical corny clarinet style, the band sounds terrific and has a great swing.
Up tempo infectious Fox Trot with even some Black Bottom rhythm thrown in.
And a re-recording of his 1921 song a wedding scene with wedding wows and laughing trombone
Ted Lewis And His Band ?– Is Everybody Happy Now? / Down The Old Church Aisle
Columbia ?– 1207-D
A Is Everybody Happy Now?
Written-By – Osterman*, Rubens*, Lewis*
B Down The Old Church Aisle
Written-By – Perkins*
Companies, etc.
Record Company – Columbia Phonograph Company, Inc.
Credits
Vocals [Incidental Singing] – Ted Lewis
Notes
Side A from "Artists and Models"
Side A recorded December 2, 1927
Side B recorded June 8, 1927
10" 78 rpm record
Condition:
Very Good PLUS PLUS some rubs and fine scratches on Church
plays E- EXCEPTIONAL quiet light crackle
A GREAT COPY
From RedhotJazz Site
Ted was called the "High Hat Tragedian of Song". He was a true Vaudevillian. He had no voice, but could "put over" a song. He played what he himself called a "gashouse" clarinet, yet he had one of the best of the commercial Dixieland bands, with a real feel for the Blues (billing himself as "The Medicine Man of the Blues"). Perhaps his best hits were "When My Baby Smiles at Me" and "Me and My Shadow". He really didn't 'sing' these songs, he spoke them. (Diseuse - Sprechgesang). Even today's listeners still tap their feet and smile while listening to his music.
Ted Lewis and his Band was one of the best selling Jazz bands of the 1920s and Lewis was Columbia Records best selling artist. Lewis got his start with Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band in 1917, but his clarinet antics soon made him the star of the group and he went solo in 1919, taking most of the musicians from Fuller's band with him. In 1924 Lewis hired George Brunies of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings and in 1928 he hired Muggsy Spainer. Over the years many up-and-coming Jazz greats like Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden and Jimmy Dorsey passed through the band early in their careers. With all of this talent passing through the band they were really starting to swing by the early 1930s as evidenced in tunes like Jazznocracy, White Heat and Rhythm, but as the Depression worn on Lewis had become more of a Pop vocalist and Jazz was not figuring as prominently in the mix. Most modern Jazz histories overlook or downplay  Ted Lewis' role in the development of Jazz. When he is mentioned he is often dismissed as being commercial and corny, but Lewis was a true Jazz pioneer and on his best songs like Dip Your Brush In Sunshine it is easy to understand why he was so popular.
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